It is tragic that it has taken a mass murder of historic proportion to remind us that the vast, vast majority of people are fundamentally good.

In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, we have witnessed and learned of countless acts of heroism, courage, kindness and generosity. Strangers helping strangers, even at the risk of their own lives. Thousands standing in line for hours to give blood. Funds for the victims and their families being established and receiving millions in donations virtually overnight.

Arguably, academia is as guilty as the media, the politicians, and the two major parties themselves, of promoting partisanship.

This is, in large part, because political scientists analyze elections as a contest between Democrats and Republicans. Polls are designed and analyzed to explain or forecast red or blue victories. And even voting rights are scrutinized based on which of two political teams is advantaged or disadvantaged by a given law.

The statement "all politicians are corrupt" has as much truth to it as "all Muslims are terrorists" and "all Christians are ignorant bigots."

But here’s the trap in American politics: there’s one political party that makes nearly no attempt to disguise its duplicity. Many of them lie so badly and so often most of us are numb to it. The other political party does only a slightly better job representing the people.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday that he is actively considering running for president.

"Based off what is happening in the White House, based on what is happening in the country and the world, I think we need better leadership," Cuban said. "I think I could do a better job."

Right now, Cuban says though he is thinking about it, the odds are slim he will launch a presidential campaign, joking that his wife would divorce him.

Still, he added, "Who knows what happens in the next 3 plus years, right?"

In a news conference at City Hall, District 6 City Councilmember Chris Cate admitted he was the one who leaked a confidential city memo analyzing the city's position on the Soccer City project in Mission Valley.

The lawsuit Wilding v Democratic National Committee Services Corporation has been appealed to the Eleventh Circuit. This is the case, filed in 2016, by Bernie Sanders supporters who had donated money to the Democratic Party, and who feel the party defrauded them because its rules said it would be neutral in the presidential nomination battle, yet in reality national party leaders seem to not been neutral. The case is now 17-14194.

We have witnessed another senseless tragedy: the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Desperate cries for gun control almost immediately surfaced. While the motivation for such pleas cannot be questioned, their timing and impact can be.

Update October 3, 2017: The full transcript has been released for the oral argument in Gill v. Whitford. Check out the transcript below.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday in Gill v. Whitford, a case out of Wisconsin that challenges the state's gerrymandered legislative districts.

Jennifer Irvine loved her friends, San Diego, and her career as a Family Law and Criminal Defense Attorney.

She was among those killed in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Her Facebook page has become a remembrance place for those who knew her and loved her.

Irvine ran a family-law and criminal-defense practice near El Cortez hotel.

She was a graduate from  USD and Cal Western.

The voting method is extremely important and affects all parts of the election from who wins, how seriously candidates’ ideas are taken, and who you see on your ballot. Specifically, the choose-one plurality voting method that we use now is really bad.